Selected Articles
Essays and reflections on sacred art, symbolism, memory, and visual culture.
These articles move between close readings of images, spiritual reflection, and research into the meaning and presence of visual forms.
Marc Chagall · Sacred Art
White Crucifixion: A Vision Beyond Suffering
A reflection on suffering, exile, witness, and the spiritual force of Chagall’s image.
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Marc Chagall · Exile
Exodus: the Soul in Motion
A reflection on Chagall’s vision of exile, movement, preparation, and the inward journey of the soul.
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Marc Chagall · Prayer
The Praying Jew: The Inner Flame of Prayer
A meditation on prayer, inwardness, and the image of devotion.
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Walter Benjamin · Aura
Walter Benjamin: Aura, Memory, and the Sacred in an Age of Reproduction
An essay on aura, memory, reproduction, and the changed life of the image.
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Leonardo da Vinci · Gnostic Reading
The Last Supper: A Gnostic Interpretation
A symbolic reading of Leonardo’s Passover image and the drama of inner transformation.
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William Blake · Revelation
Revelation Then and Now
Reflections on Blake, inner vision, and the living meaning of revelation.
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